Martial Piéchaud (6 September 1888 in Bordeaux â€" 24 August 1957 in
Nay), was a 20th-century French writer, literary critic and
playwright.He was a member of the "Lost Generation", and childhood
friend of François Mauriac, André Lafon and Jean de La Ville de
Mirmont. He won the Narcisse Michaud prize of the Académie française
in 1951.Martial Piéchaud was from an old family of Bordeaux
bourgeoisie. His father, Timothée Piéchaud [fr], was a professor at
the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux and eminent surgeon. His mother,
Marie Cardez, was the daughter of Roman count [fr] Ferdinand Cardez,
and descended from an old family of Bordeaux wine merchants, his
family owning the Jourdan, Carsin, Villandraut and Deylet vineyards
(Rions).He attended the Lycée Saint-Joseph-de-Tivoli in Bordeaux
before he was graduated in law in Paris. He wrote his first novel, Le
Retour dans la nuit, first published in La Revue hebdomadaire, then by
Éditions Grasset in 1914. This first novel assured him fame. The war
interrupted his career as a novelist. He came out having lost his dear
friends, André Lafon and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont, and was awarded
the Croix de Guerre. He held a literary critic column in numerous
newspapers, namely la Revue de Paris, L'Illustration, the Revue des
deux Mondes or La Revue hebdomadaire.
Nay), was a 20th-century French writer, literary critic and
playwright.He was a member of the "Lost Generation", and childhood
friend of François Mauriac, André Lafon and Jean de La Ville de
Mirmont. He won the Narcisse Michaud prize of the Académie française
in 1951.Martial Piéchaud was from an old family of Bordeaux
bourgeoisie. His father, Timothée Piéchaud [fr], was a professor at
the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux and eminent surgeon. His mother,
Marie Cardez, was the daughter of Roman count [fr] Ferdinand Cardez,
and descended from an old family of Bordeaux wine merchants, his
family owning the Jourdan, Carsin, Villandraut and Deylet vineyards
(Rions).He attended the Lycée Saint-Joseph-de-Tivoli in Bordeaux
before he was graduated in law in Paris. He wrote his first novel, Le
Retour dans la nuit, first published in La Revue hebdomadaire, then by
Éditions Grasset in 1914. This first novel assured him fame. The war
interrupted his career as a novelist. He came out having lost his dear
friends, André Lafon and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont, and was awarded
the Croix de Guerre. He held a literary critic column in numerous
newspapers, namely la Revue de Paris, L'Illustration, the Revue des
deux Mondes or La Revue hebdomadaire.
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